On Tue, Feb 05, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: > On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 05, 2013, Doug Brewer wrote: >>> On 2/3/13 3:11 PM, DagT wrote: >>>> >>>> http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html >>>> Pentax K-5, DA*16-50mm, f/2.8, 1/50s, ISO100. >>> >>> +1 >> >> The thought occurs to me that anytime someone posts photos, it would be >> handy to post the original alongside (particularly for cropping >> comparison, but also any other changes). > > Yes, but what is an "original"? If we shot a jpeg, it will be modified > at least through down-sizing for web-viewing. If we shot PEF, does > conversion to DNG make it not original? If DNG or DNG conversion, many > of us have some pre-set tweeks in exposure or sharpening or color > balance even before we start working on the resulting "original" to > get to the final edited image.
What I'd say is that manual edits are what make it "not original". Conversions and automatic profile changes don't count. I just figured that if teaching/learning is supposed to be part of the point of posting photos (which it seems to be if people are asking for critiques), then having the original is handy to see what changes have already been made. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
